Centre Will Butler scores twice in the first 12 minutes of his full Premiership debut, but Worcester lose at Northampton.

Northampton Saints duo Jamie Elliott and Michael Paterson are to both leave the club at the end of the season.

The party gains eight seats after all Conservative members of a council stood down.

Nottinghamshire Police says the East Midlands Operational Support Service is "inefficient".

The Conservative Party maintained its majority despite Labour gaining two seats previously held by UKIP.

Amy Woodfield
BBC News

The East Midlands Operational Support Service (EMOpSS) has relaunched with a new structure following a decision by Nottinghamshire Police to withdraw.

EMOpSS was established three years ago and provided roads policing, armed policing, and dog support across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.

Nottinghamshire Police has now removed its 150 officers from has service claiming it was costly and "fundamentally flawed".

EMOpSS will now continue with the three police forces.

Northamptonshire host Pakistan in a four-day tour match - listen to BBC Radio Northampton commentary.

Rising snooker star Kyren Wilson tells BBC Sport that the cue-smashing past of his youth is well behind him

The Conservatives have retained control of Daventry District Council, despite Labour gaining two seats previously held by UKIP.

In the new council, the Tories have 30 seats, Labour has five and the Lib Dems have one.

Image source, @DaventryDC

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

This has been a good night for the Conservatives.

As the party of government, struggling over Brexit and Windrush and with council budgets under pressure, they were braced for big losses.

They did not expect to hold onto nearly all their seats and gain control of two new councils.

Labour has made some notable gains but they weren’t on the scale they’d hoped for, and losing control of Peterborough and Basildon, which they ran as minority administrations, will hurt.

But the big losers of the night have been UKIP. The party still has a handful of local councillors because their seats weren't being contested.

But in the eyes of many UKIP observers, tonight was the end.

The Conservatives have held Yelvertoft and Welford wards in the Daventry District Council elections.

Alan Chantler has been elected in Yelvertoft with 372 votes, while Cecile Irving-Swift won with 854 votes in Welford.

More seats have been held by the Conservatives in Daventry District Council elections.

Rupert Frost has been elected in Woodford, with 984 votes.

Brixworth has elected Kevin Parker, with 1,163 votes.

Stephen Osborne has won in Long Buckby, with 949 votes, and Lesley Woolnough has been elected in Walgrave, with 431 votes.

The Conservative Party has held seats in Moulton and Weedon wards in Daventry.

Michael Warren has been elected in Moulton with 847 votes, while David Smith won in Weedon with 1,183 votes.

The results for Moulton:

Nicola Helen Malvina Hudson (Labour) - 299 votes

Sarah Rose Richens (Liberal Democrats) - 120 votes

Michael Warren (Conservatives) - 847 votes

Kevin Peter White (Green Party) - 146 votes

The results for Weedon:

Callum Batchelor (Labour) - 354 votes

Alan George Faiers (Liberal Democrats) - 246 votes

David Smith (Conservatives) - 1,183 votes

Labour has gained Abbey North and Drayton wards in Daventry, which were both previously held by UKIP.

The results for Abbey North:

Nigel Victor Carr (Independent) - 112 votes

Adam Charles Collyer (UKIP) - 73 votes

Alan Roger Mohktar Knape (Liberal Democrats) - 312 votes

Leslie Colin Poole (Conservatives) - 407 votes

Aiden John Ramsey (Labour) - 599 votes

The results for Drayton:

Zbigniew Chetnik (Liberal Democrats) - 92 votes

Andrew Stephen Dabbs (Labour) - 825 votes

Timothy Wilson (Conservatives) - 492 votes

The Conservatives have held Spratton and Abbey South wards in Daventry.

Sarah Peck was elected for Spratton with 921 votes, while Colin Morgan was elected for Abbey South with 819 votes.

Image source, @DaventryDC

The results for Abbey South:

John Henry Butlin (Liberal Democrats) - 115 votes

Lewis Clarke (Labour Party) - 670 votes

Colin Morgan (Conservative Party) - 819 votes

The results for Spratton:

Pete Coles (Labour Party) - 237 votes

Rupert Moscrop Knowles (Liberal Democrats) - 159 votes

Sarah Peck (Conservative Party) - 931 votes

Kathy Wicksteed(Green Party) - 79 votes

Peter Matten has held onto Daventry's Hill ward for the Conservatives, by 28 votes.

Mr Matten received 655 votes.

Turnout was 28.92%

Image source, @DaventryDC

The results are:

Simon Edward Cockayne (Liberal Democrats) - 94 votes

Peter Matten (Conservative Party) - 655 votes

Katie Thurston (Labour Party) - 627 votes

Three people talk about how they don't worry about being classed as obese because they need to be bigger for their jobs.

The big question on the minds of political pundits tonight is "what will happen to the UKIP vote?"

The party was born in the eastern region and had some of its earliest electoral successes here. At one stage it could boast more than 150 local councillors.

Two general elections, a referendum and seven leaders later it's flatlining in the polls. It lost all of its county councillors last year and there have been defections in Great Yarmouth and mass resignations in Thurrock.

This is being seen as the last throw of the dice. Will UKIP hold onto any of the seats which it's defending tonight or will its vote collapse? And if it has collapsed where will its supporters go?

It could have a big bearing on the result in Basildon, Harlow, Peterborough and Great Yarmouth.

If you're planning on making a night of it and are interested in the national picture... this may be of interest:

Nic Rigby
BBC News

Counting has started in the 2018 local elections across the east of England.

About 22 councils are up for election including nine in Essex - all counting tonight.

Also counting tonight are Ipswich (pictured), Cambridge and Peterborough, Broxbourne, St Albans, Welwyn-Hatfield and Daventry.